Netflix’s Archive 81 Has Been Canceled For Mysterious Reasons There’s some sad news for fans of the Netflix series “Archive 81” — it’s been canceled after only one season, despite the creators’hopes and plansfor a season 2. According toDeadline, the streamer has opted not to continue the series, which is based on the popular podcast of the same name. While it’s not surprising for Netflix, which has a history ofcanceling showsafter their premiere seasons, it is kind of surprising for “Archive 81,” which was doing big numbers for the streaming service....

Olivia Rodrigo To Tell The Story Behind Her Sour Album In A Disney+ Original Movie Here’s some great news for anyone who, like me, wakes up with “good 4 u” stuck in their head most mornings: Olivia Rodrigo now has a making-of movie for her hit album “Sour,” and it’s debuting exclusively on Disney+. The movie, titled “Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u,” will take viewers behind the scenes of the making of the 18-year-old pop star’s super-popular first album, and will feature new arrangements of songs from “Sour....

Page 2: Fraggle Rock, Mad Men, George Lucas, Fast 6, Pixar, Game Of Thrones, Buffy, Star Trek Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. Header Photo:A ChartExplaining the Difference Between Geeks and Nerds...

Quibi Debuts With Underwhelming Numbers Despite Offering Users A 90-Day Free Trial Quibi, the new streaming service that’s devoted to short-form content (or “quick bites,” if you will) had its big launch yesterday. The result? Not great! The nascent streaming service is offering users a 90-day free trial, but even that didn’t seem to be enough of an incentive for people to give it a shot. As a result, only 300,000 users downloaded the app....

Shout! Factory Acquires Roger Corman’s Library Of 270 B-Movies Shout! Factoryhas snapped up the rights to 270 films from B-movie masterRoger Corman. This deal will enable Shout! Factory to not only redistribute the films on Blu-ray, but also reboot certain titles into new films. Time for the million dollarSlumber Party Massacrereboot! More on the Shout! Factory Roger Corman Library deal below. Roger Corman is a legend. He’s produced over 350 films and directed 60 others, and spent his career giving young talent their first big break in filmmaking....

Simon Pegg Addresses ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Rumor, Talks J.J. Abrams [UPDATED] UPDATE from Germain: A few hours after this rumor aboutSimon Peggappearing inStar Wars Episode VIIbroke, the actortook to Twitter to say"I think this might be why everyone got a little bit confused" with alink to the upcomingPhineas and Ferb: Star Warsspecial. He IS a part of that project so while that’s not a denial, it’s pretty close. Plus, we’d heard rumblings Pegg merely visited the set because he is both a hugeStar Warsnerd and friends with writer/directorJ....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Star Tours’ To Get Force Awakens Update? Plus Rebels Season 2, Trailer Secrets, Teaser Poster I have to say, this is a particularly good edition of Star Wars Bits. Dare I say, it’s a must read. Let’s get right to it. Below, read about the following: Eyes on Cinemauncovered this super cool older video ofStar Warssound designerBen Burtttalking about designing the sound for when the Millennium Falcon’s hyperdrive doesn’t work....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Iron Man 3, Arrow, The Avengers, Justice League, X-Men, Wonder Woman Want to hear a visual effects supervisor talkMan of Steel? How aboutShane BlackandDon CheadletalkingIron Man 3? Why areThe Avengersgetting crappy Christmas gifts? What’s going to happen on the finale ofArrow? Which villains could also put up a fight against theJustice League? And is the continuity of theX-Menmovies now beyond repair? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: X-Men First Class Shoots In Three Weeks; The Avengers To Be Shot In 3D; Edgar Wright Calls Ant-Man A “High-Tech Spy Heist Film”; Karl Urban Confirmed As Judge Dredd Got a pack of small comic book to film stories to throw out today. First,X-Men: First Classco-writerJane Goldmansays thatFirst Classis shortly to go before cameras. At Movie Con this weekend, Goldman said “I watched a bunch of pre-viz yesterday and went home feeling so excited....

The Academy Tweaks The Rules: Now There Will Be Five To Ten Best Picture Oscar Nominees For a good many years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated five films every year for the Best Picture Oscar. That system worked well, but two years ago the Academy decided to change it up a bit and revisit a policy from decades earlier, where ten films were give the Best Picture nod....

The Very Sam Raimi Doctor Strange Joke You Probably Missed If you know anything about director Sam Raimi — apart from his penchant for snap-zooms, affinity for splatstick horror comedy, and skill at ecstatic genre filmmaking — you know that he’s a working-class guy from Michigan. He was born in a town called Royal Oak, a suburb of Detroit, and attended high school in Beverly Hills, Michigan, before attending college in East Lansing....

This Eternals Surprise Performer May Be Phase Four’s Answer To Nick Fury “Eternals” hits theaters this Friday, so if you haven’t seen it yet (which probably applies to most people reading this), bookmark this page and come back to it later. Becausewe’re about to spoila big surprise cameo in the post-credits scene. Even before the review embargo lifted, sites like CNN and Rolling Stone were reporting on this cameo, to the point where many are now treating it as common knowledge....

VIDEO: George Lucas And Kathleen Kennedy Talk Directors, George’s Role And The ‘Daunting’ Prospect Of New ‘Star Wars’ Films Amongst the non-stop speculation about what’s happening withStar Wars Episode VIIthere has only been one concrete piece of evidence. It was the first part of a ongoing video discussion between LucasFilm PresidentKathleen KennedyandGeorge Lucas. That’s where they dropped the news that they’d be talking with writers and that Lucas had handed Disney a story treatment....